| Issue |
A&A
Volume 567, July 2014
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|---|---|---|
| Article Number | A53 | |
| Number of page(s) | 18 | |
| Section | Interstellar and circumstellar matter | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322819 | |
| Published online | 10 July 2014 | |
The HIFI spectral survey of AFGL 2591 (CHESS)
II. Summary of the survey⋆,⋆⋆
1
SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research,
Landleven 12,
9747 AD
Groningen,
The Netherlands
e-mail:
maja.kazmierczak@gmail.com
2
Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, University of Groningen,
PO Box 800,
9700 AV
Groningen, The
Netherlands
3
Universidad de Chile, Camino del Observatorio 1515,
Las Condes,
Santiago,
Chile
4
Leiden Observatory, Leiden University,
PO Box 9513,
2300 RA
Leiden, The
Netherlands
5
Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Academia Sinica,
Taipei,
Taiwan
6
UJF-Grenoble 1/CNRS-INSU, Institut de Planétologie et
d’Astrophysique de Grenoble (IPAG) UMR 5274, Grenoble, France
Received:
9
October
2013
Accepted:
16
May
2014
Aims. This paper presents the richness of submillimeter spectral features in the high-mass star forming region AFGL 2591.
Methods. As part of the Chemical Herschel Survey of Star Forming Regions (CHESS) key programme, AFGL 2591 was observed by the Herschel (HIFI) instrument. The spectral survey covered a frequency range from 480 to 1240 GHz as well as single lines from 1267 to 1901 GHz (i.e. CO, HCl, NH3, OH, and [CII]). Rotational and population diagram methods were used to calculate column densities, excitation temperatures, and the emission extents of the observed molecules associated with AFGL 2591. The analysis was supplemented with several lines from ground-based JCMT spectra.
Results. From the HIFI spectral survey analysis a total of 32 species were identified (including isotopologues). Although the lines are mostly quite weak (∫TmbdV ~ few K km s-1), 268 emission and 16 absorption lines were found (excluding blends). Molecular column densities range from 6 × 1011 to 1 × 1019 cm-2 and excitation temperatures from 19 to 175 K. Cold (e.g. HCN, H2S, and NH3 with temperatures below 70 K) and warm species (e.g. CH3OH, SO2) in the protostellar envelope can be distinguished.
Key words: ISM: individual objects: AFGL 2591 / ISM: molecules / stars: formation / stars: massive
Herschel is an ESA space observatory with science instruments provided by European-led Principal Investigator consortia and with important participation from NASA.
Appendix A is available in electronic form at http://www.aanda.org
© ESO, 2014
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